Dark Marble Eyes: I love them too! Sorry for taking such a long time to update. :( nany85: Wait, there were two episodes where they were together? Which ones? I'm intrigued. I only know of "Ghost." LOCISVU: I completely agree with you. :) srhittson: Thanks! Or maybe there could be a Cabot-Novak thing. haha.
Alex had planned on meeting with a bridal consultant in May, but Casey wasn't able to get in until June. She didn't want her appointment to be a month before her fiancee's so she decided to reschedule her appointment for June. There happened to be an available appointment at the same time as Casey's, so Alex decided to book it for herself. They would be working with different consultants and they wanted to follow the tradition of not seeing their bride in her dress before the wedding, but both women were secretly hoping they would at least catch a glimpse of each other's dresses.
Since they were only a month away from dress shopping, Alex told Casey it would be the perfect time to formally ask Abbie and Serena to be their bridesmaids. Casey had planned on taking Abbie out to a bar and asking her over margaritas and greasy appetizers, but Alex told her it was highly inappropriate. Seeing as they were a couple asking another couple to be in their wedding, Alex came to the conclusion that they should ask them together. Instead of simply asking the question, Alex prepared a gift basket with a bottle of wine and a pink "Bridesmaid" t-shirt for Serena and a second gift basket with a bottle of whiskey and a blue "Bridesmaid" t-shirt for Abbie. Alex thought it was a lovely idea, but Casey was embarrassed by her finacee's gesture. She and Abbie weren't exactly the type to give each other gift baskets and t-shirts with the word "Bridesmaid" printed on them. Alex had even bought a handbag for Bry-Anne with flower petals inside so she could start practicing for when she's a flower girl.
"I love you," Alex said as they stood outside of Abbie and Serena's door. She knew her finacee wasn't into the majority of wedding traditions, but she was willing to put up with them because she loved her. She decided to squeeze Casey's hand as a small gesture of gratitude.
"I love you, too," Casey responded and then kissed Alex's hand.
"Congratulations," Serena said excitedly as soon as she opened the door. It was the first time the two couples had seen each other since Alex and Casey had gotten engaged and Serena knew her congratulations were long overdue. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. It's just—"
"It's just that you two have been hibernating," Abbie interrupted.
"Sorry," Alex said after hugging Abbie and Serena. "Casey and I have been so busy planning our wedding and…"
"Consummating your engagement?" Abbie asked with one eyebrow raised.
"And that," Alex said shyly.
"Auntie Alex! Auntie Casey!" Four-year-old Bry-Anne shouted as she came running from her room. Alex and Casey still couldn't get over how she was a perfect combination of Abbie and Serena. They had used Abbie's twin brother as a donor so their baby could have Carmichael and Southerlyn genes. What they didn't count on was how much she would look like the two of them. She had Abbie's dimples and dark hair and Serena's nose and angelic blue eyes. She was taller than all of the other kids in her preschool class, just like her moms were when they were her age. Bry-Anne was a sweet girl even if her moms spoiled her. She was their only child and Abbie and Serena didn't plan on having another, so she would continue to be spoiled well into her adult years.
"Hey, sweetheart," Casey said, picking up the four-year-old. "You're getting to be such a big girl."
"I'm four now," Bry-Anne told her as she held up four fingers.
"We brought you something," Alex said playfully.
"What is it?" Bry-Anne asked excitedly. Once Casey had put her down, Alex handed her the purse filled with flower petals.
"It's something especially for you," Alex told her. She pulled out the little handbag from inside of her own purse and handed it over to the now ecstatic Bry-Anne.
"My own purse?" she asked. "I love you Auntie!"
"Look inside," Alex urged her. Bry-Anne quickly unzipped the purse and started feeling the flower petals.
"Why are flower petals in here?" she asked, confused.
"Because we have a very important question to ask you," Casey said, kneeling down to the little girl's level.
"Your Auntie Casey and I are getting married in December and we want you to be our flower girl," Alex said to the now beaming Bry-Anne. Instead of responding, she ran as fast as she could to Abbie and nearly tripped in the process.
"Mommy!" she said excitedly after jumping on Abbie's lap. "Mommy! Mommy!"
"What?" Abbie asked as she wrapped her arms around her daughter.
"Auntie Alex and Auntie Casey asked me to be their flower girl!" she said excitedly. "I have to tell Momma."
"Momma!" Bry-Anne shouted even though Serena was only a few feet away.
"What, baby?" Serena asked even though she knew what her daughter was going to say.
"Auntie Alex and Auntie Casey want me to be their flower girl!"
"That's great," Serena said playfully. "Did you tell them 'yes'?"
"I forgot," Bry-Anne said, her eyes now bulging. She then hurried over to Alex and Casey and wrapped her arms around Alex's leg.
"Is that a yes?" Alex asked.
"Yes!" Bry-Anne shouted. She picked up her new handbag from right next to Casey and started giggling as she tossed flower petals everywhere.
"We really appreciate you asking our daughter to be your flower girl," Serena began to say once Alex and Casey were sitting next to each other on the living room sofa.
"And I'm going to enjoy picking up flower petals for the rest of the day," Abbie said sarcastically. To most people, it would have been considered rude, but Alex and Casey had known Abbie for years and they knew what to expect from her.
"I know, I know. I should have thought about Bry-Anne's potential mess before putting flower petals in her purse," Alex said. Without thinking, she began lacing her fingers with Casey's.
"Abbie, be nice," Serena told her girlfriend. "Look at her. She's a blushing bride. I've never seen Alex this happy before."
"It's what Casey does to me," Alex said and rested her head on Casey's shoulder. Not caring that their friends were watching, Casey kissed the top of Alex's head and told her that she loved her.
"Don't do it, Case. There's still time to get out of the whole commitment thing," Abbie teased. "They change when you live with them. Just look at Serena."
"Look at me?" Serena asked her girlfriend. "Look at you! You used to be romantic."
"I was never romantic and you know it," Abbie said in her defense. "Sometimes I wonder if the reason Jack introduced us is because he wanted to punish me for leaving. Ten years is a helluva long punishment, Jack."
Serena started laughing. "So that's why your eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets the moment you first saw me? And that's why you and I were having sex just hours later and that's why we still do almost every night?"
"What can I say?" Abbie responded. "I have a thing for blondes and you just happen to be living with me. It's easy access."
"You're right," Serena agreed. "It's a good arrangement we have here. I love brunettes and why waste time wining and dining a new one every week when I can just roll over in bed and be on top of you?"
"Quit acting like you're a top," Abbie said, trying to sound serious. "You know I have you pinned down as I get mine."
"You don't get yours until I let you get yours," Serena responded. "I practically have you begging."
"Sex is like a power struggle for you two," Casey pointed out.
"It's really not," Serena insisted. "Sometimes Abbie cries afterward and tells me how connected she feels to me."
"Serena!" Abbie said, embarrassed. "That was our little secret."
"It's okay," Casey told her and tried not to laugh. "Alex and I are the same way when we make love."
"Oh, they call it making love," Serena pointed out.
"That's what it is," Alex insisted. "Sometimes when Casey is on top of me, we'll just look into each other's eyes and…and…that's all I'm willing to divulge at this point."
"Good," Abbie teased. "I can tell you two are about five seconds from looking into each other's eyes again and Bry-Anne is in the next room so I don't want her seeing anything that might scar her for life."
"What are the baskets for?" Serena asked to change the subject.
"I almost forgot," Alex said and handed Serena hers.
"Alex!" Serena said excitedly and gave her best friend a hug. "Is this…?"
"Yes," Alex told her. "Will you be my bridesmaid?"
"Yes! Yes! I'd love to!" Serena said and hugged her again. "We should open up this wine bottle right now."
"Babe, don't you have something to give Abbie?" Alex asked as she prepared to leave with Serena.
"Do I have to?" Casey asked, wishing she could avoid this situation entirely.
"Babe, do it," Alex urged before heading over to the kitchen.
"This is for you," Casey said and reluctantly handed the basket over to Abbie. "Alex made me do this. I wanted to take you to a bar."
"Do I have to wear a frilly little dress?" Abbie asked.
"You have to wear a dress, but I won't make you wear a frilly one."
"Okay," Abbie said nonchalantly. "You've got yourself a bridesmaid."
It was exactly the reaction Casey had been hoping for. The two of them took a couple of shots of whiskey before Alex suggested it was time to leave. She usually loved spending time with her best friend, but she had wine in her system and she wanted to get Casey back to her apartment right away. It wouldn't be the type of lovemaking where they looked into each other's eyes—not tonight. Tonight, Alex was feeling a little…adventurous.